Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling, 1976: 126). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: New Mexico: E Albuquerque, 7.v.1905, and 25.v.1905 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: AMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated), 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC.
Type notes:Snelling, 1976: 126, gives only v.1905 as collection date of lectotype.